Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1974, TV) / 1 / intro

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1974, TV).
Directed by Jon Scoffield. Trevor Nunn Production.Royal Shakespeare Company's TV version.

Cast:
Janet Suzman... Cleopatra
Richard Johnson ... Marc Antony
Rosemary McHale... Charmian
Mavis Taylor Blake... Iras
Patrick Stewart... Enobarbus
Darien Angadi... Alexas
Sydney Livingstone... Mardian (as Sidney Livingstone)
Geoffrey Hutchings... A Fig Seller
Loftus Burton... Diomedes
Lennard Pearce... Cleopatra's Schoolteacher
Joseph Charles... Cleopatra's Messenger
Tony Osoba... Cleopatra's Servant
Douglas Anderson... Cleopatra's Eunuch
Michael Egan... Cleopatra's Eunuch
Paul Gaymon... Cleopatra's Eunuch
Wendy Bailey... Servant
Madelaine Bellamy... Servant
Edwina Ford... Servant
Amanda Knott... Servant
Joe Rock... Servant
Gito Santana... Servant
Nicholas McArdle... King
Derek Wright... King
Frederick Radley... King
Norman Caro... King
Richard Young... King
Constantine Gregory... Ventidius (as Constantin De Goguel)
William Morgan Sheppard... Scarus (as Morgan Sheppard)
Joseph Marcell... Eros (as Joe Marcell)
Jonathan Holt... Dercetas
Chris Jenkinson... Silius (as Christopher Jenkinson)
John Bott... A Soothsayer
Robert Oates... 1st Watchman
Arthur Whybrow... 2nd Watchman
Michael Radcliffe... 3rd Watchman
Geoffrey Greenhill... Soldier
William Thomas... Soldier (as William Huw-Thomas)
David Janes... Soldier
Jeremy Pearce... Soldier
Mark Sheridan... Soldier
Corin Redgrave... Octavius (Augustus Caesar)
Raymond Westwell... Lepidus
Mary Rutherford... Octavia
Philip Locke... Agrippa
Derek Godfrey... Macenas
Ben Kingsley ... Thidias
Martin Milman... Dolabella
Tim Pigott-Smith... Proculeius
Keith Taylor... A Messenger
Thomas Chesleigh... Gallus
Desmond Stokes... Taurus
Alan Foss... A Senator
John Bardon... Demetrius
Peter Godfrey... A Sentry
Malcolm Kaye... A Guard

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[edthewise]

The guy at 7:29 played the butler on "The Fresh Prince" . I guess he to hell with it all and chose the money instead.

[MrConradian]

@TheCycloneof07 ...and great Hedda Gabler, Joan la Pucelle, Chekhov's Masha (Three Sisters), Greenaway' Mrs Herbert (The Draughtsman's Contract) etc :)

Thanks for your comments!

[Applemask]

@doktoroptimo It's a hairy Patrick Stewart.

[Sieglinde84]

@doktoroptimo Can't wait to see him do Enobarbus' despair and death... <3

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

This version of Antony & Cleopatra does somewhat puzzle me: Antony and Octavian are well chosen, Octavia is not; but Cleopatra: The actress is certainly not ungifted but as Cleopatra? Basically the poetry and characters of Shakespeare carry the day anyway; but his Cleopatra is somewhat ambiguous: Her flaws and vices are not hidden but still she is always depicted royal, proud and wilful; Shakespeare had chosen the remedy of a true poet: The beauty of Cleopatra acquits her of all guilt.

[doktoroptimo]

5:50 it's Patrick Stewart!!! very good find :)

[yellietsunami]

thanks for putting this up!!

[aCertainSlant]

Though it was W H Auden's favorite, this is a popularly underrated play. Thanks for posting.